Rick Avery

9 films on Best Blurays6 in 4K3 in HD

Rick Avery is an American stuntman, stunt coordinator, actor, director and author. He has worked on more than 400 films and television projects, including The Crow, The Prestige, The Dark Knight Rises, Gangster Squad, and American Sniper. He is also notable for having doubled for Robert De Niro, Dustin Hoffman, Richard Gere and John Travolta.

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List

Beverly Hills Cop III (1994)

Small role · Director: John Landis

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Paramount 4K Blu-ray

2.6

Edge of Darkness (2010)

Small role · Director: Martin Campbell

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray or Japan Blu-ray?

3.0

Heat (1995)

Small role · Director: Michael Mann

4K · Disappointing

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Theatrical Cut: Old Warner Bros DVD or fan restoration

Revised Cut: 2012 Japan Blu-ray

Sources: fanrestore.com (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

Theatrical Cut: Old Warner Bros DVD or fan restoration

Revised Cut: 2012 Japan Blu-ray for less revisionist colors, 2022 Disney 4K Blu-ray is controversially regraded and too dark overall.

Best Audio:

LaserDisc 2.0 (restores censored dialog). Comparison of 5.1 mixes
For the 5.1: LaserDisc AC3 vs US DVD AC3 vs Japan DVD DTS

4.3

Hulk (2003)

Small role · Director: Ang Lee

4K · Excellent

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Universal 4K Blu-ray

Best Audio:

Universal Blu-ray

Audio Notes:

Universal Blu-ray has the original DTS-HD 5.1

2.5

Innocent Blood (1992)

Small role · Director: John Landis

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

3.1

Ant-Man (2015)

Small role · Director: Peyton Reed

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Disney 4K Blu-ray

3.2

Spider-Man (2002)

Small role · Director: Sam Raimi

4K · Solid

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Sony 4K Blu-ray

3.9

Batman Begins (2005)

Small role · Director: Christopher Nolan

4K · Disappointing

Best English-Friendly & Video:

WB 4K Blu-ray

Video Notes:

WB 4K Blu-ray has Excessive DNR

3.8

The Dark Knight (2008)

Small role · Director: Christopher Nolan

4K · Solid

Best English-Friendly & Video:

WB 4K Blu-ray

Video Notes:

Caveat: mild DNR throughout the transfer, non-IMAX scenes appear soft due to being scanned from an interpositive rather than the original camera negative.

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